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J""" 342 II NINETEEN PETITIONS, EACH BEARING A NUMBER OF NAMES AND LETTERS AND P. J. VARLEY, PROTESTING THE OVERNIGHT PARKING ORDINANCE IN THE - ,-- , '-' "'1" I: FROM WHEATLEY PAINT AND DECORATING CITY, WERE SUBMITTED AND READ. ~ J, i: CN;'::<o ~.", ,.12".",,' \9~:I1" IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FbR A REPORT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. A PETITION FOR ~HE VACATION OF AN ALLEY BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH AVENUE, AGATE STREET AND CHERRY GROVE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ. IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE PETITIONS BE REFERRED TO TH.E PUBL.lC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. .. .. 13 A PETITION REQUESTING THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT 11TH AVENUE AND MONROE STREET$ WAS SUBMITTED AND READ. THE PETITION CONTAINED SIGNATURES OF 32 RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS ~F tHAT VICINITY. IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKE~, SECONDE~ BY DAVIS THAT THE PETITION BE REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR STUDY AND REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. 14 A COMMUNICATION PERTAINING TO THE TO 19TH AVENUE, SIGNED BY HAROLD LYONS READ AS FOLLOWS: IMPROVEMENT OF WILLAMETTE STREET BY WIDENING FROM 11TH AVENUE AND SEVEN WILLAMETTE STREET PROPERTY OWNERS WAS SUBMITTED ANO I , , "YOUR ATTENTION IS RESPECTFULLY DIRECTED TO THAi CERTAIN PETITION FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENT, FILED WITH THE COMMON COUNCIL Of THE CITY OF EUG~NE !N JuLY 1948, WHEREIN THE COUNCIL WAS REQUESTED TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR LOCAL ~MPROVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO WILLAMETTE I STREET. MORE PARTI:CULARLY, THE PETITION SEEKS THE IMPROVEMENT OF,WILLAMETTE BV WIOENI!'JG \ THE STREET'TO 54 rEET (INCLUDING 6 INCH CURBS) BETWEEN 11TH AND 16TH STREETS, THE IMPROVEMENT TO INCLUDE CURBS ANO SIDEWALKS AND NECESSARY RELATED :CONSTRUCTION. THE PETITION PROVIDES THAT THE IMPROVEMENT SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD 'SPECIFICATIONS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, AND THAT THE COSTS OF T~E IMPROVEMENT SHALL,BE ASSESSED TO A~D ASSUMED BY THE ABUTT1NG PROPERTY OWNERS, AS PROVIDED BV STATE STATUTE AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EUGENE. YOUR PETITIONERS, WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT THERE HAS BEEN CAUSE FOR HOLDING THiS MATTER IN ABEYANCE, ,HEREWITH URGE THE COMMON COUNCIL TO IMMEDIATELY ACT UPON THE SUBJECT OF T~E PETITION FOR THE REASON THAT MANY OF THE PR9BLEMS WHICH HAVE HERETOFORE DELAYED ACTION HAVE BEEN OR CAN NOW BE RESOLVED. WE WISH TO STATE OUR POSITION CLEARLV: fiRST, THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL GIVE DUE A~D IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION TO THE PETITION AS ORIGINALLV FILED, THAT 15, TO AUTHORIZE THE IMP R 0 V E ME NT TOE X TEN 0 BET WEE N I I T H AND I 6 T H 5 T R E E T SON VI' L LAM E T T EST R E E T '. 5 E CON D , T HAT . YOU R PETITIONERS, WHILE NOT INTENDING TO WAIVE OR ABANDON THEIR POSITION AS ORIGINALLY STATED, REQUEST THE COUNCIL TO ENACT THE ORDINANCE TO EXTEND BETWEEN 11TH AND I~TH STREETS ON WILLAMETTE STREET IF YOU FINO THAT IT IS NOT, AT THIS TIME, FEASIBLE TO EXTEND THE IMPROVE- MENT BEYOND 13TH STREET. WE FEEL THAT THE MOST PRESSI,NG AND URGENT NEED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT LIES IN THE AREA BETWEEN 11TH AND 13TH STREETS. IT IS SUBMITTED THAT IF THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS TO BE ONLY PARTIALLY COMPLETED AT THIS TIME, THE MOST LOGICAL PORTION TO BE IMPROVED IS THAT PART OF WILLAMETTE STREET LYING BET~EEN 11TH AND 13TH STREETS. HOWEVER, YOUR PETITIONERS S~RONGLY URGE THE VIEW THAT ANY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORIZED BEYOND THAT BETWEEN 11TH AN6 13TH STREETS, ALTHOUGH NOT REACHING TO 16TH STREET, WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF EUGENE AS WELL AS THE ABUTTING LAND OWNERS. YOUR PETITIONERS FEEL CERTAIN THAT THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT AND THE REASONS THEREFOR, BASED UPON YOUR PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE"OF TRAF~IC C~NDlTIONS AS THEV EXIST ON WILLAMETTE STREET, SOUTH OF 11TH STREfi;T.. fURTHER" IT APPEARS ESSENTIAL THAT THIS IMPROVEMENT BE UNDERTAKEN IN O~DER TO ALLOW FOR THE NORMAL BUSINESS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SECTION OF EUGENE. THE FACT THAT WILLAMETTE STREET IS CONSTRICTED IN WIDTH SOUTH OF 11TH STREET HAS RETARDED THIS NORMAL DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THIS SECTION OF.WILLAMETTE STREET IS A CONGESTED TRAFFIC ZONE, !TS,NARROWNESS IMPEDES THE PASSAGE OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES, SUCH AS FIRE ENGINES, POLICE CARS AND AMBULANCES, WHICH MUST OF NECESSITY USE THE WILLAMETTE STREET ROUTE AS THE MOST DIRECT ONE TO SOUTH EUGENE. IN SUMMARY, YOUR UNDERSIGNED PETITIONERS URGE THAT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THIS IMPROVEMENT WILL SERVE THE TWO-FOLD PURPOSE OF BENEFITTING THE PROPERTY OWNERS ABUTTING THE IMPROVEMENT AND SIMULTANEOUSLY CONFER AN EVEN MORE EXTENSIVE BENEFIT UPON THE CITY OF ~UGENE. WE, lTHERE~ FORE, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE IMPROVEMENT AS PRESENTLY STATED IN THE PETITION. tF THIS BE OEEMED INADVISABLE AT THIS TIME, WE FURTHER REQUEST IMMEDIATE APPROVAL OF THE PETITION IN MODIF"IEDFORM AS S~T FORTH IN THI,S LETTER; THAT IS, THE ENACTMENT OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE I'MPROVEMENT OF WILLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN 11TH AND 13TH STREETS. tN THE EVENT THAT THE MAYOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL WISH TQ QUESTION THE PETITIONERS CONCERNING THIS PETITION, CERTAIN OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE PRESENT TO ANSWER INQ01RIES AT THE T'IME THE PETITION IS CONSIDERED." IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE PROCEDURE FOR WIDENING WILLAMETTE STREET FROM 11TH TO 19TH AVENUE TO 53 FEET, CURB TO CURB, BE STARTED AND THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE IN- STRUCTED TO PREPARE AN IMPROVEMENT OROINA~JCE TO INITI ATE THE PROJECT. .MOTIO~~~SARRIED. .---- ~ I I I I " , " I